Giving report to grumpy gills
Need advice on giving report so grouchy veteran nurse. I have been a nurse for five years. We have a nurse that is an older not to pleasant women who has been a nurse for something like 40+ years. I feel like every time I give her report she just is rolling her eyes or chuckling like something’s funny. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her say something nice about anyone. Anyways just tired of the meanness, I don’t play into it. I’ll Ignore her and keep going but I can’t stand this lady and she shit talks worker to other workers to then turn around shit talks them. She knows what she’s doing and is a good nurse we get along when we small talk, but I cannot deal with the constant disrespect and her trying to belittle everyone. Is there another way I should handle this? I’m a nice person and I do my best but I don’t have all the experience she has obviously she has been a nurse longer than I have been alive, but why you gotta put on the theatrics every time I give report I’m too type B for this. How do you all deal with these kind of people, or how do you not let it get to you and make you feel like a shitty nurse.
Posted Aug 14, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC